Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 47181, James Duncan, Continental (Pa.) Penn. Residence And Agency

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Pa.)
Duncan, James
S 47181
{ B.L. Wk. 626-300-Capt. Issued Sept. 22, 1789 No papers.
Penn. residence and agency
CONTENTS

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File No. 47.181
$ 315, Ex't.
OLD WAR INVALID.
James Duncan, Capt of Dragons - Col Hazens, Pen n
Service: Rev d war - ad May 15. 1828
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____

For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of an act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Army of the Revolution" approved on the 15 th May 1828, I James Duncan of Pymatuning Township in the County of Mercer in the State of Pennsylvania, do hereby declare that I was an officer in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution, and served as such to the end of the War, at which period I was a Captain in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Moses Hazen, and was considered as of the quota of Pennsylvania.
And I also declare, that I afterwards received a certificate (commonly called a Commutation certificate) for a sum equal to the amount of five years full pay, which sum was offered by the resolution of Congress, of the 22 nd of March 1783, instead of the half pay for life to which I was entitled under the Resolve of the 21 st of October 1780.
And I do further declare that I have not at any time received a pension of the United States, or from Pennsylvania, or from any State.
James Duncan
Before me James Breckenridge a Justice of the Peace in the County of Mercer in the State of Pennsylvania, personally appeared this day Thos. S. Cunningham and James Coffey of the said County, who did severally make oath, that James Duncan by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed is generally reputed and believed to have been an officer in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated. Witness my hand this twenty-second day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight.
James Breckenridge
I Wm Rankin Clerk of the Court of the County of Mercer in the State of Pennsylvania, do hereby certify that James Breckenridge before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn was at the time of making thereof duly empowered to administer oaths. The testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court. This twenty-second day of June eighteen hundred and twenty-eight Wm. Rankin Prob.

No of orig Pay 288
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
Q 315 W
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
26 July 1828.
James Duncan, — of PyMATUNING , in the County of Mercer , — in the State of Pennsylvania , has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he was as an officer on the Continental line, and served as such to the end of the war ,
at which period he was a captain in the Hazen's regiment of the _____ line; and that he received commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted by the resolve of 22 March, 1783; and, further, that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing . dollars, paid to him by the agent in the State of
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary, A. D. Kimb.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
29 July 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that final settlement certificates have been issued for the commutation of five years full pay to James Duncan - Captain in the Hazen's Regt. line , amounting to Twenty four Hundred dollars.
It further appears that James Duncan - not is now on the pension list of the Army agency, and has been since the 3d March 1826 at the rate of  per month .
Mr Hagner And
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BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Duncan, James GRADE Private LINE New York
WARRANT NUMBER 7070 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Oct. 10, 1791 to Anthony Mayhew, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.